With the midterm elections approaching, you would think that Democrats would want to campaign with the last two members of their party to occupy the White House.
Not this time.
Dems running for election in 2026 want absolutely nothing to do with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The Gateway Pundit recently reported on how this is happening in Iowa, but it is happening all over the place. Dems are avoiding Biden and Harris like the plague.
ABC News reports:
With less than 70 days until the midterm election, some Democrats running in the most conservative areas are sending a clear message to former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris: stay out of their races.
In Iowa, Democratic Senate nominee state Rep. Josh Turek — who has welcomed the support of former President Barack Obama and has twice won a seat in a district that voted for President Donald Trump — was asked if Harris should campaign for him. He simply said “No.”…
Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola recently distanced herself from Harris after her political action committee backed Peltola in a fundraising email.
“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska,” Peltola’s campaign told The New York Times.
The blunt rejections, coming within days of each other in two states Trump carried by double digits in 2024, underscore a reality for Democrats: candidates fighting for independent and moderate Republican voters increasingly see the party’s brand and most recent presidential ticket as a liability.
Why would Democrats want to avoid this winning team? Didn’t Biden get 81 million votes in 2020? More than even Obama in 2008?
Ed Morrissey of Hot Air points out that this isn’t even the party’s biggest problem:
The Biden-Harris Hangover isn’t even the worst problem Democrats face in this cycle. It appeared to be their biggest problem at the start of the year, when Jill Biden’s book first drew attention, and the Bidens announced that Joe’s supposed book would soon follow. (It has since been postponed.) The rise of the Democratic Socialists and Senate nominations of its radicals in Florida, Maine, and Michigan, as well in House and gubernatorial races in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and New York have created much heavier baggage in red and purple states. The GOP is teeing up an Akin strategy for its midterm convention next week in Dallas to paint the entire party as radical revolutionaries.
At this point, you have to wonder if Biden and Harris will even be invited to the 2028 Democrat convention.
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